Bake tin



E. F. ANHOLZER.

BAKE TIN.

AAAAAAAAA oN'HLEn Dec 2o, 1920.

Patented Feb. 14, 1922.

UNITED -sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD F. ANHOLZER, OE APPLETO'N, WISCONSIN.

BAKE TIN.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, EDWARD F. ANT-ronziin, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing` at Appleton, in the county of Gutagainie and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bake Tins,

kadapting it to use in rectangular' pans or tins of irregularconfiguration. It is an additional object of this invention to provide adevice particularly effective in cutting the pastry cleanly from tinshaving sharply angular corners and, at the same time, to provide adevice which may be attached to the tin without material modificationthereto or which may be used therein without any change whatsoever.

These and other objects I have attained by the device illustrated in theaccompanying drawings in which:

`Figure 1 is a fragmental top view of a bake tin with my inventionapplied thereto, the dotted lines indicating the position yof the cutterwhen rounding a corner therein:

Figure ,2 is a vertical section of the invention to follow and in theseveral viewsof the drawing above referred to.

lThe letter A is used to designate a rectangular bake tin. A cutter bar6, having a length equivalent to at least one half the Y longerdimension of the tin but less than the shorter dimension thereofl isarranged in said tin A so that it is pivoted substantially in the centerthereof.

A keeper member 7 comprising a body portion 8 and a projecting arm 9, inthe pre- Y n A to any one of the sides of the tin A the side ferred formof invention, is loosel f connected to the bottom of the tin, the odyportionS being inserted through an aperture specification ofLerici-gramm. Patented Feb, 14, 1922 Application flied December 20,192e.

Serial No. 432,049.

10 in the tin and retained in position by a head 11. rlhe arm 9 issubstantially at right angles to the body 8 and bent over they cutterbar 6, the free end of said arm being arranged to press upon the bott-omof the tin A. In this manner a track admitting of rectangular movementof the cutter bar (3 through the keeper member 7 is provided.

The keeper member is readily formed by using a clinch rivet, cutting offone of the4 prongs thereof and bendingl the remaining prong in themanner hereinbefore indicated.

Attached to the end of the cutter bar 6, adjacent the sides of the tinA, is another member which, for the purposes of this description, willbe designated as the side bar 12.

Said side bar is substantially Z-shaped, the lower horizontal portionbeing pivotally connected at 13 to the cutter bar 6 immediately adjacentits end. The upper horizontal part has attached thereto a leaf springmember A14C, the free end of which rests against the outside of the baketin A to force the cutter or Oblique portion tightly against the side ofthe tin A, said spring 14 preferably resting against the Vbead of thetin A to retain it in proper vertical adjustment. y

In operation, the device is grasped bythe upper horizontal portion ofthe side bar 12 and pushed along` the edges of the bake tin. The .springmember 14 -holds the oblique portion of the side bar rigidly against theinside of the tin so thatthe pastry is` cut cleanly therefrom. 7When acorner is reached the side bar is forced therearound, the spring member14: serving to keep the side bar in close proximity with the sides ofthe tin. Y

' During movement of the side bar the cutter bar 6 must necessarily alsobe moved. Longitudinal movement thereof is provided by the keeper 7which admits of a sliding movement of the cutter bar 6 therethrough toadmit of the variations brought about by the changing position of theside bar 12.

As the side bar 12 is pushed along the bar 12 will be in directalinement therewith. lBut at no other time should said bar 12 be vso indirect alinement with thev cutter bar 6 Yfor the maintenance of such analinement would cause one ot the (':u'tting edges of the side bar 12 tobe drawn away vfrom the side ot the tin A thus preventing a cleancutting effect and defeating the very purpose oi the invention. It willbe noted that the cutter bar 6 and the side bar 12 are both iiat andserve as knives The pivotal connection 1 3 between said cutter bar 6 andside bar 12 admits of the side bar 12 remaining always flush with thesides ot the tin A and ot the use of sharp cutting edges thereon.I.Vithout this connection, it would be impossible for the side bar 12 toalways remain in close engagement with the sides of the tin A. The freesliding movement of the cutter bar 6 through the keeper 7 permits fofthe cutter bar 6 being moved longitudinally, freely, to follow the sidebar( 12km its journey around the sides of' the tin A. The cuttingfunction ot said bar 6 is not in any way disturbed by the arrangementdescribed, said bar being held against the bottom of the tin A by thekeeper 7p In Figure 4, I have illustrated my device as attached to aplate l5 which may be also called a false bottom. In this arrangement ofmy invention, any bake tin may be employed and it will be unnecessary toperorate the bottom thereof to provide for pivotal connection ot thekeeper member. The purpose of my device isaccomplished when I haveprovided an arrangement ot parts which admit of the side bar 12 beingheld flush at all points about the sides ot the tin when manipulatedtherearound and it is immaterial tothe success of theto'peration whetherthe keeper member is cent-rally positioned or not. The pastry lcontainedwithin the tin A will anchor the false bottom 15 in position to allowthe side bar 12 and the cutter bar 6 to perform the functions iutendedfor them. f

In Figure 5 I have illustrated a specially formed keeper member 7. Thismember comprises a body portion 8 and a laterally projecting arm 9havingon its under side a Agroove 6 to receive rthe'cutter bar 6 andadmit of its longitudinal movement in either direction therethrough.- Ahead 11` is provided to hold the keeper member T in any adjustedposition upon the bottom Vot theV tin or false bottom, whichever the maybe.

`Without the tiexibility arranged for in my device` it is vimpossibletor the side bar 12 to always remain in proper position upon the sidesof the tin or to procure a clean cutting of the pastry contained in thetin at and about sharp or angular corners therein. `Where the tinvhasbeen distorted or bent in usage the side harl 12v clings tothe side otthe tin .di and produces aclean cut.

When a Afalse bottom is providedy for my cutting device, it is possibleto use this in* vention in any shaped tin and to move the device fromone tin to another as required.

IVhile I have illustrated the preferred form and modifications of myinvention, I do not intend to limit myself to the specific formsfhereindescribed and illustrated',` for modifications7 alterations, and changeswithin the scope of the claims hereto appended are to be resorted towhen desired.

Having thus described my invention7 what I claim as new and desire tosecure by VLetters-Patent ot the United States, is:

1. The combination with a pan, of a dough-loosening member comprisingrelatively movable sections, one of said sections operating over thebottom and the other of said sections operating over the side of saidpani Y 2. The combination with a receptacle, of a dough cutter comprisinrelatively movable sections and mea-ns toranchormg the cutter incooperative `relation to the receptacle.Y

3. The combination with a receptacle, of a kdough-loosening membercomprising relatively movable sections, and means cooperating'- with thewall of the receptacletovretain 'said member in operative'relationthereto. l y

e. The combination with a receptacle, :of a dough-loosening member.comprisir'ig.. relatively movable sections, one of said sections A'alsoperating over the bottom of the receptacle 'for retaining the member inco-operative r'elation thereto.

6. The combination with a bake tin, of a pastry cutter comprising a mainsection,V an anchoring member admitting of longitudinal andcircumferential movement of said seetion over the bottom Vof the tin,and an extension section operatingover the slide of the tin andVflexibly connected to said main section.

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7. The comhnation'with an oblong bake tin, ot' cutter elements looselyconnected ,and

y adapted to operate over the -bottom and sidesV ot said tin, and ananchoring membertherefor, the connectionvbetvveen the cutterelementsadmitting of the side elementresting` nat againstlthe sides and cornersof 'the' re-AV ceptacle when moved therealong'. y

8. The combination with a bake tin, of longitudinal critter 4elementadapted to operate over the bottom `of the av verfV ticall cutterelement flexibly connected to` said bottom element and having anextension over the edge of the tin to form a handle, means carried bysaid extension to urge said vertical cutter element against the Wall ofthe tin, and an anchor member admitting longitudinal and circumferentialmovement of said longitudinal element.

9. A pastry cutter adapted to be used in a bake tin and comprisingrelativelyY movable sections, one of said sections operating over thebottom of the tin, the other of said sections operating over the side ofthe tin, a keeper member admitting of longitudinal and circumferentialmovement of the cutter to permit said cutter to follow the irregularmarginal contour of the tin, and a spring member to hold said cutter infrictional engagement with the side thereof.

10. The combination with a bake tin, of a cutter element composed ofrelatively movable sections adapted to operate over the bottom and sidesof the tin.

11. The combination with a bake tin of pivotally connected cutterelements adapted to operate over the entire area of the bottom and thesides of the receptacle.'

In testimony whereof I alix my signature.

EDWARD F. ANHOLZER.

